{"id":85555,"date":"2020-05-15T10:59:26","date_gmt":"2020-05-15T05:29:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/factly.forumias.com\/?p=15459"},"modified":"2020-05-15T10:59:26","modified_gmt":"2020-05-15T05:29:26","slug":"union-minister-dedicates-cobas-6800-testing-machine-to-the-nation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/union-minister-dedicates-cobas-6800-testing-machine-to-the-nation\/","title":{"rendered":"Union Minister dedicates COBAS-6800 testing machine to the nation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>COBAS 6800 is a fully automated machine enabled with robotics for performing RT-PCR tests for COVID-19.<\/li><li>The machine provides high-volume quality testing and will be able to test around 1200 samples in 24 hours.<\/li><li>It is installed at the National Centre for Disease Control(NCDC).<\/li><li><strong>Significance: <\/strong>It<strong> <\/strong>will help minimize the chance of contamination and the risk of contraction of the virus by healthcare professionals as the machine is operated remotely with very little human intervention.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Additional Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction(RT-PCR) Tests:<\/strong>It is a nuclear-derived method for detecting the presence of specific genetic material from any pathogen including a virus.<\/li><li><strong>NCDC:<\/strong> It is an institute under the Indian Directorate General of Health Services, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare for disease surveillance facilitating prevention and control of communicable diseases.<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Facts: COBAS 6800 is a fully automated machine enabled with robotics for performing RT-PCR tests for COVID-19. The machine provides high-volume quality testing and will be able to test around 1200 samples in 24 hours. It is installed at the National Centre for Disease Control(NCDC). Significance: It will help minimize the chance of contamination and&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/union-minister-dedicates-cobas-6800-testing-machine-to-the-nation\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Union Minister dedicates COBAS-6800 testing machine to the nation<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1738],"tags":[2926,2028,2927],"class_list":["post-85555","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-science-and-technology-daily-factly-articles","tag-cobas-6800","tag-coronavirus","tag-testing-kit","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704792124},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85555","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85555"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85555\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85555"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85555"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85555"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}